Bent: Charlton Interest Unsettled Me

Last updated : 25 September 2004 By Site Editor
Speaking to the Official Club Website, Town's England Under 21 international commented: "Everywhere I looked there was talk of me going to Charlton and everywhere I went, people from all angles were asking me if I was leaving Ipswich.

"That is all I seemed to be getting at that stage and I am not pretending it didn't affect me. It was harder for me to concentrate on my football but then I got to the stage where I took a look at it, thought to myself 'I'm an Ipswich Town player and I love it at this Club' and just got on with it.

"And a lot of people have said to me that I seemed to have gone up a gear after Charlton made their offer. It's not for me to say but during that period I tried to work even harder in training so that I could stay focussed on my football."